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TBM-1C Avenger crash landed aboard USS Hornet (Essex-class) after the landing gear collapsed due to hydraulic failure from battle damage, 15 Jun 1944. Photo 1 of 2.	TBM-1C Avenger crash landed aboard USS Hornet (Essex-class) after the landing gear collapsed due to hydraulic failure from battle damage, 15 Jun 1944. Photo 2 of 2.	Two US Marines crawling into position on a Saipan, Mariana Islands beach after their landing craft was hit by Japanese mortar, 15 Jun 1944; note LVT(A)-4 Water Buffalo in background	US Marines digging foxholes, Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944

US Marines landing on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944	US Marines on a beach on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 15 Jun 1944	USS Marcus Island at Espiritu Santo, 15 Jun 1944; note Camouflage Measure 32 Design 15A	USS New Mexico underway off Guam, 15 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2

USS New Mexico underway off Guam, 15 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2	War Correspondent Ernie Pyle speaking to Lieutenant John Mason Brown, northern France, 15 Jun 1944	African-American US Marines awaiting orders shortly after landing on Saipan, Mariana Islands, 16 Jun 1944	An F6F-3 Hellcat of Fighting Squadron 1, the “High Hatters,” sustains a catastrophic failure while landing aboard the carrier USS Yorktown (Essex-class) north of the Marianas, 16 Jun 1944.

British warships surrounding the motor launch carrying King George VI, off Normandy, France, 16 Jun 1944	Finnish troops on the VT defensive line, Finland, 16 Jun 1944	Floating causeway of the Mulberry artificial harbor off Omaha Beach, Normandy, 16 Jun 1944, with a half-track rolling toward the shore	Following a presentation of medals, Royal Navy Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, King George VI of the United Kingdom, and General Bernard Montgomery pause briefly, 16 Jun 1944, Château de Cruelly, France.

General Bernard Montgomery and King George VI of the United Kingdom as the king came ashore at Graye-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, 16 Jun 1944.	General Sir Miles Dempsey, King George VI of the United Kingdom, and General Bernard Montgomery at Montgomery’s headquarters at Château de Cruelly, Normandy, France, 16 Jun 1944.	Military vehicles move ashore from Mulberry Artificial Harbor A, across a pontoon bridge, to Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 16 1944 (D+10). Visible are M3 Halftracks, an M8 Greyhound, and AFKWX 2½-ton Trucks.	Sergeant V. R. Francis of 19th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery with a captured German Panzerschreck weapon and 88mm ammunition, France, 16 Jun 1944